miff
英 [mɪf]
美
- n. 微怒；小争执
- vt. 使……恼怒
- vi. 恼羞成怒
GRE
miff 使恼怒，激怒拟声词，不耐烦的声音。引申词义使恼怒，激怒。
- miff (n.)
- 1620s, "fit of ill humor," perhaps imitative of an exclamation of disgust (compare German muffen "to sulk").
- miff (v.)
- 1797, "to take offense at;" 1811, "to put out of humor," from miff (n.). Related: miffed; miffing.
- 1. His criminal plan didn't carry through , that drove him in a miff.
- 罪恶的计划没有实现, 让他恼羞成怒.
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- 2. If Mabel should get another miff, they'd never be able to appease her.
- 如果梅宝儿再发怒的话, 他们就没办法使她息怒了.
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